THE PRICE OF THE TICKET
VHS and DVD
87 minutes, 1990
Producer/Director: Karen Thorsen, Producers: William Miles and Douglas
K. Dempsey
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was at once a major twentieth century
American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades,
a prophetic voice calling Americans, Black and white, to confront
their shared racial tragedy. James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
captures on film the passionate intellect and courageous writing of a
man who was born black, impoverished, gay and gifted.
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket uses striking archival footage
to evoke the atmosphere of Baldwin's formative years - the Harlem of
the 30s, his father's fundamentalist church and the émigré demimonde
of postwar Paris. Newsreel clips from the '60's record Baldwin's
running commentary on the drama of the Civil Rights movement. The film
also explores his quiet retreats in Paris, the South of France,
Istanbul and Switzerland - places where Baldwin was able to write away
from the racial tensions of America.
Writers Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, Ishmael Reed, William Styron and
biographer David Leeming place Baldwin's work in the African-American
literary tradition - from slave narratives and black preaching to
their own contemporary work. The film skillfully links excerpts from
Baldwin's major books - Go Tell it on the Mountain, Notes of a Native
Son, Another Country, The Fire Next Time, Blues for Mister Charlie, If
Beale Street Could Talk - to different stages in Black-white dialogue
and conflict.
Towards the end of his life, as America turned its back on the
challenge of racial justice, Baldwin became frustrated but rarely
bitter. He kept writing and reaching in the strengthened belief that :
"All men are brothers - That's the bottom line."
Produced in association with American Masters and Maysles Films
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